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ACROTERIUM

Definitions: ACROTERIUM

ACROTERIUM

Noun

1. One of the pedestals, for vases or statues, forming a part roof balustrade.

2. One of the small pedestals, for statues or other ornaments, placed on the apex and at the basal angles of a pediment. Acroteria are also sometimes placed upon the gables in Gothic architecture.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

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Crosswords: ACROTERIUM

English words defined with "ACROTERIUM": Acroter, Acroteria, AcroterialDog ear. (references)

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Modern Translations: ACROTERIUM

Language Translations for "ACROTERIUM"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

akroterion (acroterium ou acroterion). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

voetstuk (acroterium ou acroterion, mounting, pedestal, supporting base). (various references)

   

French

  

acrotère (acroterium ou acroterion). (various references)

   

German

  

Akroterion (acroterium ou acroterion). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ακρωτήριο (acroterion, acroterium ou acroterion, cape, foreland, head, headland, promontory). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

acroteriumay

   

Portuguese

  

acrotério (acroterium ou acroterion). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

acroterio (acroterium ou acroterion), pretil (acroterium ou acroterion, guard rail, handrail, parapet, parapet wall). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

akroterion (acroterium ou acroterion). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "ACROTERIUM"

Words rhyming with "ACROTERIUM" (pronounced 'Ac`ro*te`ri*um'): Abandum, Absinthium, Acetabulum, Aconitum, Acrodactylum, Acropodium, Acrotarsium, Actinium, Addendum, Adiantum, Adytum, AEcidium, Agendum, Ageratum, Alabastrum, Alarum, Album, Alburnum, Alcyonium, Allium, Allodium, Alluvium, Aluminium, Aluminum, Ambulacrum, Amentum, Ammonium, Amoebaeum, Amomum, Amphibium, Anacardium, Androecium, Animalculum, Antependium, Antheridium, Anthodium, Antibrachium, Anticlinorium, Antrum, Apodyterium, Apothecium, Aquarium, Arachnidium, Arboretum, Arcanum, Archegonium, Archipterygium, Argentalium, arum, Ascidiarium, Ascidium, Aspersorium, Asylum, Auchenium, Auditorium, Aurum, Bacterium, Ballium, barium, Basidium, Basigynium, Basipterygium, Bdellium, Begum, Bivium, Brachium, Brontotherium, Brontozoum, Bryozoum, Bucranium, Bungarum, Cadmium, Caecum, Caesium, Caladium, Calamistrum, Calcaneum, Calcium, Calistheneum, Callosum, Cambium, Candelabrum, Capitulum, Carborundum, Caseum, Castoreum, Celtium, Centrum, Cephalanthium, Cerebellum, Cerebrum, Cerium, Ceruleum, Cheiropterygium, Cheirotherium, Chloralum, Chromium, Chrysanthemum, Ciborium, Cingulum, Claustrum, Clinanthium, Clum, Coagulum, Coccobacterium, Coelum, Coenoecium, Colchicum, Colleterium, Collodium, Collum, Collyrium, Colostrum, Columbarium, Columbium, Cometarium, Compendium, Compluvium, Conidium, Conium, Conjugium, Contagium, Conundrum, Corallum, Corniculum, Coronium, Corrigendum, Corundum, Cranium, Credendum, Cribellum, Crincum, Crincum-crancum, Crinum, Crissum, Crotalum, cuprum, Curriculum, Cymatium, Cymbium, Cynarrhodium, Cypripedium, damnum, Datum, Davyum, Decennium, Decipium, Decorum, Degum, Deinotherium, Deliquium, Delirium, Deltidium, Dentalium, Depositum, Desideratum, Diacodium, Dianium, Dictum, Didymium, Digitorium, Diluvium, Diverticulum, Doliolum, Dolium, Dorsum, Dromatherium, Duodenum, dysprosium, Eardrum, Ecballium, Ecthoreum, Ectobronchium, Ectropium, Effluvium, Ekaluminium, Elaterium, Elysium, Emporium, Encomium, Endocardium, Endometrium, Endomysium, Endoneurium, Endophloeum, Endosteum, Endothecium, Endothelium, Enrheum, Entobronchium, Entropium, Ephippium, Epicardium, Epicedium, Epicleidium, Epicranium, Epigastrium, Epineurium, Epiphyllum, Epipodium, Episternum, Epithalamium, Epithelium, Equilibrium, Equisetum, Erratum, Erythronium, Eulogium, Eupatorium, Euphonium, Euphorbium, europium, Excubitorium, Exogium, Exordium, Exothecium, Factotum, Factum, Fee-faw-fum, Figgum, Flabellum, flagellum, folium, forum, Fraenulum, Fretum, Frigidarium, frustum, fulcrum, fum, Fumatorium, Furculum, Garum, Gelsemium, Geranium, Germarium, Gigerium, Glabellum, Glaum, Glochidium, Glucinum, Gnaphalium, Gnathidium, Gonoblastidium, Gossypium, Grum, Guiacum, Gymnasium, gynoecium, Gypsum, Habendum, Hamatum, harmonium, harum-scarum, Haum, Haustellum, haustorium, Helichrysum, Hemicerebrum, Herbarium, Hesperidium, Hibernaculum, hilum, holmium, hoodlum, hordeolum, Hormogonium, Hospitium, Hummum, hydrargyrum, Hydroperitoneum, Hydrophyllium, hymenium, Hypanthium, Hypericum, Hypnum, hypochondrium, Hypocleidium, Hypodactylum, Hypogastrium, Hypogeum, Hypoptilum, Ichthyopterygium, Illicium, Ilmenium, Imperium, Impluvium, Incertum, Incunabulum, indecorum, indium, indusium, infundibulum, Interambulacrum, Intercentrum, Interoperculum, INTERREGNUM, Intervallum, Involucellum, Ionidium, iridium, jejunum, jorum, Jugulum, Jugum, Juramentum, Kalium, kettledrum, Korrigum, Labarum, Labellum, labium, Labrum, Laburnum, Lactucarium, ladanum, lanthanum, Larum, Latibulum, laudanum, Lavoesium, linoleum, Linum, Lithargyrum, lithium, Lixivium, Lum, lustrum, lutecium, lyceum, Lycopodium, Lygodium, Macrosporangium, Madisterium, magnesium, magnum, Manganesium, Manganium, manubrium, Marrubium, mausoleum, Meconidium, meconium, meerschaum, memorandum, Menstruum, mentum, Mercurammonium, Mesembryanthemum, Mesoarium, Mesobronchium, Mesocaecum, Mesogastrium, Mesometrium, Mesonotum, Mesophloeum, Mesophyllum, Mesopodium, Mesopterygium, Mesorchium, Mesorectum, Mesoscutum, Mesosternum, mesothelium, Mesothorium, mesovarium, Mesymnicum, Metalammonium, Metanotum, Metapodium, Metapterygium, Meum, Microsporangium, millennium, minimum, minium, Minum, modicum, molluscum, molybdenum, momentum, Monopodium, moratorium, Multum, museum, mutandum, Mycelium, Myocardium, Nasturtium, Natatorium, Natrium, Nemathecium, Nephridium, neptunium, Neuropodium, Nitroleum, norium, Norwegium, Nostrum, Notaeum. (additional references)

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Anagrams: ACROTERIUM

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-e-i-m-o-r-r-t-u"

-2 letters: courtier, cremator, muricate, turmeric.

-3 letters: armoire, cirrate, coremia, courier, courter, creator, curator, erotica, erratic, erratum, maturer, morceau, mortice, muriate, outrace, reactor, recruit, uraemic.

-4 letters: acetum, acuter, aecium, aortic, armour, armure, artier, atomic, atrium, carrom, carrot, carter, cerium, coater, comate, corium, corrie, coteau, couter, crater, curare, curari, curate, curiae, curite, currie, curter, erotic, imaret, irater, iterum, mature, metric, mortar, orrice, ourari, racier, rector, rectum, remora, retrim, rioter, roamer, router, termor, tourer, tracer, tremor, trimer, trocar, turaco, uratic, uremia, uremic, uretic.

-5 letters: actor, acute, aimer, airer, amice, amort, amour, areic, armer, armet, armor, aurei, auric, cameo, carer, caret, carom, carte, cater, ceria, citer, coati, comae, comer, comet, comte, corer, coria, court, crate, cream, crier, crime, crore, cruet, cruor, crura, curer, curet, curia, curie, curio, cuter, cutie, erica, eruct, irate, macer, macro, mater, merit, metro, miaou, micra, micro, miter, mitre, moira, moire, morae, mucor, mucro, murra, murre, muter, oater, ocrea, orate, ormer, ourie, outer, outre, racer, ramet, ramie, rater, ratio, react, rearm, recta, recti, recto, recur, recut, remit, retia, retro, ricer, rimer, route, rumor, tamer, taroc, tarre, terai, terra, timer, toric, trace, triac, trice, trier, truce, truer, tumor, umiac, uraei, urare, urari, urate, ureic, uteri.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-e-i-m-o-r-r-t-u"
 

+1 letter: crematorium, mercuration.

 

+2 letters: crematoriums, mercurations.

 

+3 letters: macronutrient, superromantic.

 

+4 letters: intermolecular, intramolecular, macronutrients, mercaptopurine, microminiature, turbomachinery, ultramicrotome.

 

+5 letters: corynebacterium, countermarching, enterobacterium, mercaptopurines, microearthquake, ultracommercial, ultrademocratic, ultramicroscope, ultramicrotomes.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: ACROTERIUM


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 43 52 4F 54 45 52 49 55 4D

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.-    -.-.    .-.    ---    -    .    .-.    ..    ..-    --

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01000011 01010010 01001111 01010100 01000101 01010010 01001001 01010101 01001101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#67 &#82 &#79 &#84 &#69 &#82 &#73 &#85 &#77

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 0043 0052 004F 0054 0045 0052 0049 0055 004D

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

35375249543952435547

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Translations: Modern
4. Rhymes
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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